Garment or cuff holder



(No Model.) l'A S; P. BABOOCK.

GARMBNT 0R CUF? HQLDER. N`o.\369,903. Patented Sept. 13, 1,887.

llamen FFICE@ SYLVESTER P. BABOOCK, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

GARNIENT OR CUFF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No..369,903, dated September 13, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom, it 17mg/ concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLvEsrER P. BAB- COCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful GarmentHolder, of which the following isa specication.

My invention relates to improvements in garmentholders in which a set of biting-teeth operate in conjunction with a button or with other bitingteeth; and the objects of my ixnprovements are, first, to provide afastening that is'handy and. quick to apply; second, a fastening that is handy and quick to release, and third, to reduce the size and weight as near the minimum as is consistent with effectiveness and durability. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an enlarged perspective view of the entire holder. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed View, in perspective, of the teeth, and showing in section the tongue as it clasps the teeth. Fig. 3 is an enlarged View of one tooth.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

The body A is-formed with a button, C, at one end to engage with button-holes in a garment, and especially when used to hold cuffs. A short shank, D, rises at right angles from the button, and then the body eXends a little way back parallel with the button, and on the back end two ears are turned up on opposite sides of thebody, as shown at B. To these ears the tongue E is hinged by passing a pin, G, through the ears formed on thel body and similar ears formed on the end of the tongue. A coiled spring embraces the pin G inside the ears, and is so arranged that one end presses against the tongue E and the other end against the body A, and operates to force the two apart to close the biting-teeth, as referred to hereinafter. l

Near the button C, or toward the front end of the body A, two ears are struck up from the body parallel to each other and just far enough apart to receive a set of two or more teeth between them. One ear is shown atH, Fig. 2. Between these ears a set of two or more teeth are hinged by passing a pin, t', through the ears and through holes in the body of the teeth.

The teeth K are formed as shown by Fig. 3. The body of each tooth is perforated, and each tooth has a short hooked projection or curved bitingpoin't, and another shorter projection extending from the body at almost right angles to the hooked projection. Vithin the angle thus formed the tongue E rests and operates the teeth to close or open them. -A portion of the teeth are reversed on the pin i; consequently the biting-points turn inward from both sides of the hingepin.

I prefer to use three teeth-two of them pointing inward on one side of the pin t', and one between them pointing inward from the other side, as shown in Fig. 2. The tongue E has a hole cut through near its front end, and is passed over the ears H and into the angle of each tooth on both sides of the hinge-pin i; and it can be plainly seen that forcing the tongue downward or in one direction it strikes the short projections on the teeth and carries the biting-points apart, or in the other direction closing them.

The holder may be used by inserting the button through holes in a garment, then pressing the sleeve or other portion of a garment down on the tongue and over the teeth. The tongue thus depressed, the teeth are opened and the cloth resting directly on the points, releasing the pressure on the tongue. The coil spring at the rear end forces the tongue back, driving the hooks into the garment and holds it effectively. To release the hooks, the press ure should be applied to the front end of the tongue only, and the teeth will withdraw and release the garment. The teeth being hinged independently of the tongue and movement imparted to them on the smallest practicable part of their circle, the points open relatively wide and grasp correspondingly better, and readily attach to a flat surface of cloth,whereas most other holders require a folded or stitched edge.

By using two sets of teeth--one set on each end of a longer bodyMthe button C may be dispensed with-the one set will attach to one part of a garment, and the other set to another part. A

XVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A garment-holder composed ofthe body- A, spring-tongue E, and the independently- 'a garment-holder consisting of the body A, pivoted teeth, al1 combined and operating as slotted tongue E, independent teeth K, and 1o set forth. button C, al1 adapted to operate as set forth.

2. A garment-holder consisting of the body 5 A, slotted tongue E, pivoted to said body, and SYLVESTER P' BABCOCK independent teeth operated by the slotted Witnesses: tongue, all substantially as set forth. S. M. BABGOCK,

3. As an improved article of manufacture, GEO. L. BENNETT. 

